SHELLS FOR BIG GUNS.
The casting of shells at Woolwich Arsen cl is not, perhaps the greatest sight of our chief military factory, but it is sufficiently interesting and picturesque. In the casting of six-inch shells for naval guns, the moulds stand on the ground in groups of about a dozen, and the molten metal is brought from the furnace on trolleys in a cauldron, which is then slung by chains from a crane. As the cauldron is brought opposite each mould, two men tilt the vessel up with the two-handed levers attached to each side, and pour in the metal until it is level with the. top of the mould. After the shell has cooled (a process which takes a considerable time) it is removed from the matrix. The casting is then taken to the lathe to be trimmed, and fitted before it acquires the splendid finish and polish which characterise the modern projectile.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 6, 23 January 1903, Page 2
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